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Corporate Liability
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Climate Law Blog
Supreme Court to Tackle Preemption Issues in Corporate Climate Accountability Litigation
“Supreme Court” by Mark Fischer, CC BY-SA 2.0 On Monday, October 5, the Supreme Court will open its 2026–2027 term by hearing a climate change case, Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc.…
The Justice Gap
CPS to consider manslaughter charges against 54 people
The Crown Prosecution Service has been asked to consider manslaughter and other criminal charges against 54 people and 20 companies and organisations over the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72…
Marler Blog
Deterrence and Detection: A Shout Out to Tom Gremillion — and a Few Points to Add
By Bill Marler
Just landed in Norway, and the first thing I read off the plane was Tom Gremillion’s new piece for the Consumer Federation of America, “Food Safety and Corruption.” Read the whole thing.…
Karel's Legal Blog
KAN EEN KOMMA DE RVC TOT BESTUURDER MAKEN?
Over komma’s en quasi-bestuurders Stel dat in de statuten van een rechtspersoon als onderdeel van een meeromvattende goedkeuringsbepaling staat: “Besluiten van het bestuur met betrekking tot het aannemen van personeel,…
Canadian Fraud Law
Fraud has a price: when directors pay personally
By Bryan Hsu, Michael Nowina, John Pirie
In an earlier post, we discussed the trial decision in CHU de Québec-Université Laval v. Tree of Knowledge International. The Ontario Court of Appeal has now upheld that decision. The…
Dispute Resolution Blog
Corporate Criminal Liability: Supreme Court Lays Down a Three-Stage Framework for Attributing Mens REA to Companies
By Utkarsh Kumar, Drishti Gudhaka, Aditi Goel
Summary: The article examines the Supreme Court’s decision in Sanofi India Ltd. v. Central Bureau of Investigation, which lays down a three-stage framework for determining when a natural person’s act…
Law Web
Supreme Court: A company can face criminal prosecution for an offence requiring mens rea even if the individual employee or officer through whom the alleged offence was committed has not been arraigned as an accused
By Law Web
Corporate Criminal Liability — Whether a corporation can be prosecuted for an offence requiring mens rea without identification or arraignment of the natural person through whom the offence was allegedly…
Bradley Business Divorce
Welcome to Texas! Liability Protections Fuel the DExit: 3 Strategic Moves for Business Owners to Consider in Q4
By Ladd Hirsch
Texas isn't just bigger — it's also better, having become a more favorable place for private company owners to do business. Just last year, the Texas Legislature amended the Business…
Sidley Austin Blog
Heightened Means Heightened: Chancery’s First Read of SB 21’s New Presumption Shuts Down Demand Futility
By James Heyworth, Susana Herrera
In Ayers v. Foley (available here), the Delaware Court of Chancery recently became the first court to interpret Section 144(d)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL), the provision added…
Verfassungsblog
Privilegierte Klimaschädiger
Die Klimakrise und ihre verheerenden Auswirkungen auf Menschen und Umwelt sind im historischen Hitzesommer 2026 in Europa so spürbar wie selten. Trotzdem wird Klimaschutz derzeit nicht großgeschrieben – insbesondere nicht…